<p>TALLAHASSEE | Florida is wiping away a drug conviction of a man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. </p><p>Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida Cabinet on Thursday gave a full pardon to William Dillon. Dillon was charged with drug possession in 1979. </p><p>He was later arrested for the 1981 beating death of James Dvorak on a Brevard County beach. But DNA evidence showed he did not commit the crime, and Dillon was freed from prison in November 2008. </p><p>This year, the Florida Legislature approved paying $1.35 million in compensation to Dillon, now 53.</p>